Psalm 33:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: A mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ No king is saved by the great size and power of his army; a mighty man is not delivered by [his] much strength.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Kings aren’t saved by the strength of their armies; warriors aren’t rescued by how much power they have.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ The eyes of the Lord are on the just, and his ears are with their prayers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.

Psalm 33:16 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 20:10

Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will provide a handful for each of the people who follow me.”

1 Kings 20:15

Then he mustered the young men who serve the district governors, two hundred thirty-two; after them he mustered all the people of Israel, seven thousand.

2 Chronicles 13:8

“And now you think that you can withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David, because you are a great multitude and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made as gods for you.

2 Chronicles 20:12

O our God, will you not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

2 Chronicles 20:23

For the Ammonites and Moab attacked the inhabitants of Mount Seir, destroying them utterly; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.

2 Chronicles 32:21

And the Lord sent an angel who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in disgrace to his own land. When he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.

Job 36:7

He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

Job 39:11

Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it?

Psalm 20:8

They will collapse and fall, but we shall rise and stand upright.

Psalm 44:3

for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them.

Exodus 14:28

The waters returned and covered the chariots and the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea; not one of them remained.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them all.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say, “We are heroes and mighty warriors”?

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom, do not let the mighty boast in their might, do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your power and in the multitude of your warriors,

Amos 2:14

Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain their strength, nor shall the mighty save their lives;

Amos 2:15

those who handle the bow shall not stand, and those who are swift of foot shall not save themselves, nor shall those who ride horses save their lives;

Joshua 14:12

So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day; for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the Lord said.”

Judges 7:2

The Lord said to Gideon, “The troops with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand. Israel would only take the credit away from me, saying, ‘My own hand has delivered me.’

Judges 7:4

Then the Lord said to Gideon, “The troops are still too many; take them down to the water and I will sift them out for you there. When I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you; and when I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

1 Samuel 17:4

And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

1 Samuel 2:9

“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness; for not by might does one prevail.